Layers of Meaning

Rachel Howard - sketching-stitching

Rachel Howard is a U.K. stitcher whose work I find engrossing, but it is darned hard to find much of it on the web. I first stumbled across Howard's work while browsing through the 62group's gallery.
The integration of sketching and stitching is what makes Howard's work so engrossing. Each piece is different, yet there is a current of consistency and exploration that runs through them all. Her piece for the competition held by
Coats and Clark illuminates the possibilities of embroidery as a vital sketching medium.
image: humorous ties by Rachel Howard